Seoul replaces street lamps, traffic lights, and CCTV with Smart Poles

The Seoul Metropolitan Government has said that the city had set up smart poles, which function as street lamps, traffic lights,…

Security camera hack exposes hospitals, workplaces, schools

Hackers aiming to call attention to the dangers of mass surveillance say they were able to peer into hospitals, schools,…

Singapore eyes more cameras, technology to boost law enforcement

Singapore is looking to expand its use of cameras and technology to better support law enforcers and first responders. These…

Mumbai: 50,000 CCTV cameras installed in private premises in 2 months

As an ambitious government project to get over 12,000 CCTV cameras for Mumbai crawls through an atrophied bureaucracy, city…

800 CCTV Cameras to be installed on fast-track mode by Nashik Smart City Corporation

In a recent development, the Nashik Smart City Development Corporation announced the launch of two integrated command and control…

NEC India wins smart city contract as deployments accelerate

NEC Corporation of India has won the contract to be master system integrator for the smart city project planned in…

Lauretta AI to provide analytics tech in support of TSA airport screening

The Department of Homeland Security has awarded $199,950 to Lauretta AI for a video analytics technology that would reduce…

Victoria to trial roving robots in quarantine hotels

The Victorian government will trial the use of roving autonomous security robots in its hotel quarantine program in the wake of…

Audit finds slow down in Customs and border protection security programmes

Customs and Border Protection has deployed just 28% of its planned border technologiesdespite receiving more than $743 million to…

ONVIF Announces New Chairman

ONVIFA? has announced the appointment of Leo Levit as the new chairman of the ONVIF Steering Committee. Levit serves as director…

EU civil rights groups want ban on biometric surveillance

Civil and digital rights groups have launched a petition seeking the support of one million Europeans to help pressure the…

Minneapolis becomes latest city to ban use of facial recognition technology

The Minneapolis City Council passed an ordinance that prohibits the city from buying facial recognition technology or using any…